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  by 
  means 
  of 
  bands 
  across 
  the 
  brow. 
  The 
  difference 
  may 
  be 
  due, 
  however, 
  

   to 
  the 
  greater 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  burden 
  here 
  ; 
  10 
  robes 
  weigh 
  at 
  least 
  100 
  pounds. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  day 
  a 
  dance 
  was 
  held 
  around 
  the 
  two 
  scalps. 
  Thus 
  

   the 
  young 
  artist 
  was 
  seeing 
  much 
  of 
  interest, 
  although 
  unable 
  to 
  

   draw 
  and 
  sketch 
  as 
  freely 
  as 
  he 
  desired. 
  

  

  July 
  18 
  : 
  

  

  To 
  tlie 
  accompaniment 
  of 
  a 
  tambourine, 
  played 
  by 
  an 
  old 
  man, 
  young 
  

   Indian 
  women 
  and 
  girls 
  gave 
  a 
  dance 
  in 
  full 
  dress 
  in 
  our 
  courtyard. 
  They 
  

   formed 
  an 
  ellipse, 
  facing 
  one 
  another, 
  and 
  with 
  

   feet 
  close 
  together 
  they 
  skipped 
  forward 
  and 
  back- 
  

   ward 
  to 
  the 
  rhythmic 
  call 
  of 
  eh, 
  eh. 
  Their 
  cheeks 
  

   were 
  painted 
  red. 
  A 
  few 
  wore 
  feathers 
  in 
  their 
  

   hair. 
  One 
  carried 
  a 
  cavalryman's 
  saber 
  in 
  her 
  right 
  

   hand. 
  The 
  dress 
  of 
  Herantza 
  squaws 
  consists 
  of 
  

   their 
  traditional 
  shirt 
  of 
  deerskin 
  or 
  of 
  blue 
  and 
  

   white 
  striped 
  ticking 
  or 
  some 
  other 
  cloth 
  made 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  their 
  ancient 
  style. 
  The 
  Crows 
  follow 
  

   the 
  same 
  mode. 
  Their 
  home 
  dresses 
  are 
  usually 
  

   very 
  greasy 
  and 
  dirty. 
  Their 
  full 
  dress 
  shirts 
  or 
  

   smocks 
  are 
  trimmed 
  with 
  rows 
  of 
  elk 
  teeth. 
  For 
  

   the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  witnessing 
  the 
  dance 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  

   to 
  Old 
  Totauo. 
  

  

  And 
  another 
  interesting 
  event 
  occurred 
  

   that 
  day 
  when 
  " 
  The 
  67 
  Assiniboin 
  warriors 
  

   who 
  were 
  put 
  across 
  the 
  river 
  on 
  Thursday 
  

   the 
  17 
  " 
  began 
  their 
  homeward 
  journey. 
  The 
  

   Hidatsa 
  were 
  "mistrustful 
  of 
  my 
  sketching; 
  

   they 
  say 
  it 
  brings 
  the 
  pestilence." 
  His 
  

   troubles 
  were 
  increasing, 
  especially 
  as 
  Kipp 
  

   and 
  his 
  family, 
  P. 
  Gareau, 
  and 
  many 
  others 
  

   were 
  ill 
  at 
  the 
  fort. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  22: 
  

  

  Bellange 
  gave 
  me 
  further 
  instructions 
  in 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  sign 
  language. 
  

  

  July 
  26 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  days 
  just 
  passed 
  were 
  of 
  absorbing 
  in- 
  

   terest; 
  a 
  dozen 
  metisse 
  de 
  la 
  riviere 
  Rouye 
  (half- 
  

   breeds 
  from 
  Red 
  River) 
  arrived 
  with 
  a 
  Catholic 
  mis- 
  

   sionary. 
  They 
  had 
  come 
  from 
  their 
  large 
  camp 
  a 
  day's 
  journey 
  from 
  here. 
  They 
  

   wanted 
  horses 
  either 
  in 
  exchange 
  or 
  by 
  purchase. 
  All 
  were 
  dressed 
  in 
  bright 
  

   colors, 
  partly 
  European 
  and 
  partly 
  Indian 
  in 
  style. 
  Tobacco 
  pouches, 
  girdles, 
  

   knife 
  cases, 
  saddles, 
  shoes, 
  and 
  whips 
  were 
  elaborately 
  decorated 
  with 
  glass 
  

   beads, 
  porcupine 
  quills, 
  etc., 
  in 
  an 
  artistic 
  work 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  squaws. 
  The 
  

   young 
  priest, 
  Charles 
  Lacomb, 
  began 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  preach. 
  The 
  priest 
  was 
  sent 
  

   here 
  by 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Chicago 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  founding 
  a 
  mission. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  Catholic 
  territory 
  under 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Chicago. 
  * 
  ♦ 
  ♦ 
  

   Early 
  this 
  morning 
  we 
  received 
  news 
  that 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  Sauteurs, 
  or 
  Ojibwa, 
  would 
  

   come 
  from 
  their 
  settlement 
  and 
  make 
  us 
  a 
  visit. 
  Finally, 
  after 
  all 
  members 
  of 
  

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  Fig. 
  3. 
  — 
  Crow 
  woman 
  wear- 
  

   ing 
  garment 
  decorated 
  

   with 
  elk 
  teeth. 
  At 
  Fort 
  

   Bei-thold, 
  July 
  18, 
  1851 
  

  

  